OPINION: Federated Farmers and its members don’t have much love for regulations-obsessed regional councils. So, when reports ...

OPINION: The plan for this editorial was to applaud the collaborative spirit of New Zealand wine, which was in full force at ...

OPINION: Part of the reason China is buying less of our dairy produce is their success growing their own supply. It increased ...

If there is a maize grain shortage next season, farmers will have to look for an alternative and that may not be easy. That’s ...

Fonterra chair Peter McBride warns that the future looks increasingly competitive - both in New Zealand and internationally.

From August each year a special group of 'helpers' descend on Julie and Brian Pirie's farm at Ngatea in the Hauraki Plains.

A game changer and a huge boost for farmer confidence. That's how Fonterra farmers describe the co-op's 2024 annual results, ...

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has appointed Alan Thomson as its new chief executive. Thomson is moving to B+LNZ from ...

Fonterra has unveiled a revised strategy – to maximise farmgate milk price and setting higher targets for dividends and ...

Milk processor Synlait is offering a one-off payment of 20c/kgMS to retain South Island suppliers, many of whom issued ...

Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford says while people are opening about mental health, there’s still disproportionately high rates of suicide and depression in rural communities. “As a country, ...

Skewed policy, favouring forestry over farming, should be blamed for Alliance Group’s proposal to close its Timaru meatworks, says Federated Farmers. Feds meat and wool chairperson Toby Williams ...